U.S. Navy unit joins Typhoon Yutu recovery efforts in CNMI

TINIAN, CNMI — Builder 1st Class Erlgen Aquino from San Francisco (above), assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 3, Det. Tinian, speaks with Josephine L. Tanguilan, local homeowner, while reconstructing an emergency temporary roof for her home.

Service members from Joint Region Marianas and U.S. Indo-Pacific Command are providing Department of Defense support to the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands’ civil and local officials as part of the Federal Emergency Management Agency-supported Super Typhoon Yutu recovery efforts. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Kelsey J. Hockenberger)